The UK government is to create a new £1bn fund aimed at eradicating malaria and other infectious diseases.

Three journalists from a state-owned paper in Zimbabwe have been arrested and will be charged with publishing falsehoods over a report about the poisoning of elephants, the police say.

VW says it has found "irregularities" in carbon dioxide emissions levels, which could affect around 800,000 cars in Europe.

Parts of the US state of Texas have suffered severe flooding following a weekend of storms that left at least six people dead.

An £18m wind farm, rejected by councillors, has been approved by the environment minister after the decision was reviewed by his department.

The Dalai Lama is one of 15 leading Buddhists who are urging politicians towards a climate agreement

"After the rain, there was a silence followed by terrible thunder and lightning," says 63-year-old resident Cristina Inga.

A parasitic-worm-killing drug, whose discovery won the Nobel prize, may also cut cases of malaria, say researchers.

Swiss consumer giant Nestle has said it plans to resume sales in its Maggi noodles in November, after a food scare saw them taken off shelves.

For hundreds of thousands of farmers in Guatemala, this year's harvest is over before it has even begun. The fields in the east of the country are yellow, the ground bone-dry.